On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

9 mph WSW · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

7 mph SSE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief